Water REINFORCEMENT

Name Date

1 Write T (true) or F (false). Then, correct the false sentences.

a. The Earth looks green from Space.

b. The hydrosphere is one of the layers of the Earth.

c. 79 % of the water on Earth is salt water.

d. Fresh water on Earth comes from rivers, lakes and groundwater.

e. Only 6% of all the water on Earth is water we can drink.

f. The water cycle takes place between the atmosphere and the Earth´s crust.

2 Label the stages of the water cycle.

3 Match the descriptions with the corresponding term.

a. movements of water caused by the wind tides

b. the rising and falling of the sea level ocean currents

c. movements caused by differences in temperature of sea water waves

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4 Write S (salt water) or F (fresh water) to classify these words.

waves lake river

aquifers spring glacier

ocean currents surface water gully

tides tributary groundwater

5 Read the descriptions and write the words.

a. This is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. 

b. This is the area that contains the flowing water of the river. 

c. This is the route the river takes and it has three parts. 

d. This is the amount of water the river carries and it can vary. 

6 Use the key to colour each watershed in Spain.

green   Cantabrian watershed

orange   Atlantic watershed

pink   Mediterranean watershed

7 Complete the table.

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All the rivers flow The characteristics

watershed The main rivers are...
into the... of its rivers are...

Cantabrian

Atlantic

Mediterranean

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 Water ASSESSMENT

Name Date

1 Describe each part of the water cycle.

1. Evaporation: 

2. Condensation: 

3. Precipitacion: 

4. Collection: 

2 Read the definitions and write the words.

a. Movements of water caused by the wind. 

b. The rising and falling of the sea level. 

c. Movements caused by differences in temperature of sea water. 

3 Label the diagram using the words below.

aquifer lake

source tributary

gully river

4 What is the difference between surface water and groundwater? Explain.

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5 Match each word to the correct definition.

river basin The route the river takes.

channel The amount of water the river carries.

course The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.

flow regime The area that contains the flowing water of the river.

6 What two elements determine the length and flow regime of the
rivers in Spain? Explain.

7 Read and complete the text.

The Cantabrian watershed is in the of Spain. The river courses

are because they start in the mountains near the .

The is small and the flow regime is and abundant.

The main rivers are the Navia, the and the .

The Atlantic watershed contains long rivers because they start in

far from the sea. The main rivers are the , the ,

the Tajo, the and the Gualdaquivir. In the Canary Islands there

are no rivers only that carry water only when it rains.

The rivers in the Mediterranean watershed are because they start

the sea. They have a flow regime and sometimes

the climate is so dry there are only . The main rivers are the

, the Segura and the .

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 Water TEST

Name Date

1 The layer that is made up of all the water on Earth is the…

a. geosphere. b. atmosphere. c. hydrosphere.

2 Most of the water in the hydrosphere is…

a. salt water. b. fresh water. c. groundwater.

3 Condensation occurs when…

a. water in the rivers goes into the sea.

b. liquid water falls from the clouds as rain or snow.
c. the water vapour passes into the cold air in the troposphere.

4 The continuous movement of water around the Earth is called…

a. evaporation. b. the water cycle. c. condensation.

5 Ocean currents are…

a. the rise and fall of sea level.

b. sea movements caused by the wind.
c. movements caused by differences in temperature of sea water.

6 A moving body of fresh water is a…

a. river. b. torrent. c. lake.

7 Flow regime is the…

a. amount of water a river carries.

b. course a river makes.
c. land where the water of a river travels down.

8 The Cantabrian watershed is in the…

a. south-east of Spain. b. north of Spain. c. east of Spain.

9 The biggest watershed in Spain is the…

a. Cantabrian. b. Mediterranean. c. Atlantic.

10 The Ebro is the longest river in the…

a. Mediterranean watershed.
b. Cantabrian watershed.
c. Atlantic watershed.

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